Yi Liang, associate professor of biological and agricultural engineering for the Division of Agriculture and the University of Arkansas’ College of Engineering, said the workshop will focus on using best practices including ventilation to maintain healthy birds in broiler houses.

“Managing poultry litter is harder to do in the winter,” Liang said. “With the warm weather, the ventilation fans are on a lot, so the ventilation rate is high and helps keep the litter dry. But in the winter, we want to conserve fuel while keeping the house at certain temperatures, so the ventilation fans don’t run as much. It takes a suite of techniques to do it right.”

The deadline to register is Aug. 20. Our news release, with photo and registration links, can be found at https://bit.ly/Poultry-Litter-Management-Workshop. Please let me know if you would like to speak to Liang for your reporting.

Thank you!

John